'Chic Rustic' in California

Nov. 21, 2013 1:58 p.m. ET

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Richard Kinsey paid $2.78 million for this 60-acre property in Nicasio, Calif., in 2004, according to public records. 'It just had everything,' says Mr. Kinsey, referring to the stables, the pond, the main house and the guesthouse.
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The 4,280-square-foot split-level home was in need of updating, says Mr. Kinsey, a private investor. He says he spent more than $1 million remodeling the house, including raising the ceilings, changing the roof line and adding radiant heat and solar panels. Shown here is the living room.
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Mr. Kinsey, age 51, brought in San Francisco designer Candace Cavanaugh to help with the interiors. 'The style is modern rustic. There are some great elements like the redwood that I kept intact and paid homage to the original architecture, but I updated the lighting and flooring,' says Ms. Cavanaugh. 'It has a chic rustic look.'
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Ms. Cavanaugh says the original kitchen felt 'boxed in' so they expanded it into what had been a pantry space and raised the ceilings from 8 feet to over 9 feet. She chose Caesarstone countertops and three different backsplashes, including a glass mosaic behind the cooktop.
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The main house has four bedrooms, including this one, and four bathrooms. Separately, a barn on the property has a two-bedroom, one-bathroom guesthouse with a kitchen.
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The master bedroom, shown here, includes a loft area. Mr. Kinsey rebuilt the decks around the main house and added a hot tub off the master bedroom.
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Mr. Kinsey put in an organic vegetable garden using the existing eight raised beds. There are also pear, plum, apple and persimmon trees. Eight sheep live on the property (and can be included in the sale) and there are 10 chickens in the chicken coop, which is made entirely of recycled building materials (they, too, are negotiable).
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Mr. Kinsey stocks the pond once a year. 'I stock it with trout, catfish, koi,' he says. 'You can fish in it.' He also puts in crawfish for 'aquatic maintenance' and the lily pads provide shade and shelter for the fish in addition to being ornamental, he says. The pond has a beach and a dock.
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It's a short walk to the town of Nicasio where Rancho Nicasio serves as a general store as well as a restaurant with live music (Danny Click and the Hell Yeahs! are scheduled to perform Nov. 23). 'It's the country, but not too far out in the country,' says Mr. Kinsey. Nicasio sits about an hour's drive north of San Francisco.
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Mr. Kinsey says he will miss the wide-open spaces, the country feel, the hills, the pond and the views. But he says it's time to move on: 'I look forward to traveling more.' The property has an asking price of $4.2 million. Alexa Glockner of Sotheby's International Realty and Scott Murphy of Leading Edge Properties share the listing.
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